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Meanings of favour (favours) in English

Portuguese
favor
Catalan
favor
Spanish
favor
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Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party.

        favor
        Portuguese
        preferir
        Catalan
        afavorir
        Spanish
        preferir

        Promote over another.

              preferir
              Usage of favours in English
              1
              Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he favours the latter approach.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Mr Jones called for a new written UK constitution which favours devolution.
              BBC
              3
              Little plays with the intrigue in the audience; favours behind green hedges.
              The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
              4
              Where streaming favours mass market films - and it also encourages piracy.
              Radio NZ
              5
              The Gauteng Department of Health is really not doing itself any favours.
              The South African
              6
              Najib favours some form of autonomy for the predominantly ethnic Malay region.
              Reuters
              7
              The cash came with no wish list attached and no favours offered.
              The Irish Times
              8
              As we have seen during Sunday's penalty shootouts, fortune favours the brave.
              The South African
              9
              Thank goodness he had a number of favours he could call in.
              The preacher
              10
              The greatest princes in the land came to beg favours of him.
              This Country of Ours
              11
              History, it was true, didn't seem to have done Plex any favours.
              Woken furies
              12
              The pharmacokinetic model favours once per day dosing with adjustment for weight.
              Pubmed
              13
              The pretty way in which she asks favours carries out the delusion.
              The Spinster Book
              14
              The broker favours stocks in the construction, leisure and general retail sector.
              The Irish Times
              15
              Australia said it favours trade restrictions stopping short of a total ban.
              Reuters
              16
              From the same.-She favours him with a meeting in the garden.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6
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              Common
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